Accredited & certified
Independently audited and certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards for quality, environmental and occupational health & safety management.
Slate, tile, lead and chimney work installed using our own cherry picker and rope access. No scaffold delays. No inflated costs passed to you.
Altitude was founded to do roofing differently in Edinburgh. We own our access equipment, cherry picker and rope access, instead of hiring it in. That single decision saves our customers £400–£800 on every typical job, gets us on the roof days sooner, and lets us work with no third-party delays.
Ten years and 500+ jobs later, we cover every part of an Edinburgh roof: slate and tile installation, chimney rebuilds, lead work, full re-roofs, gutter installation, repairs and maintenance. We work on Victorian tenements in Marchmont, Georgian townhouses in the New Town, post-war semis in Corstorphine, and everything in between. Every job is done by our own five-person team. No subcontractors, no surprises.
If you're researching a roofer in Edinburgh, we'd encourage you to compare quotes. Most contractors will hire in scaffolding or access equipment and pass that cost to you. We won't. Our quote is itemised, fixed-price, and what you see is what you pay.
Independently audited and certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards for quality, environmental and occupational health & safety management.
From slate and tile installation to chimney work and full re-roofs, we cover every part of an Edinburgh roof. Each job done by our own team, no subcontractors.
Natural and synthetic slate for Edinburgh's stone properties. Properly bedded, properly fixed, built to last 80+ years.
Learn more →Concrete and clay tile installations for modern and period homes. Every tile bedded correctly, weathertight from day one.
Learn more →EPDM rubber, GRP and felt systems for extensions, dormers and garages. Single-piece membrane where possible.
Learn more →Flashings, valleys, gutters and chimney lead. Hand-dressed the traditional way on Edinburgh's most demanding buildings.
Learn more →New stacks, pot replacements, repointing and rebuilds. Cherry picker reaches any Edinburgh chimney without scaffold.
Learn more →Complete strip-off and re-roofing. Fixed-price written quote. Most jobs finished in a single day, no scaffold fees.
Learn more →Edinburgh has more natural slate roofs per square mile than almost anywhere else in Scotland. The Georgian terraces of the New Town, Victorian tenements of Marchmont and Bruntsfield, stone-built semis of Morningside and Stockbridge, they were all designed with slate in mind. Get a slate roof right and it lasts longer than the building it covers. Get it wrong, and you'll be dealing with slipped slates and damp issues within a decade.
Modern Edinburgh roofing means knowing how to work on heritage stock without damaging it, and on post-war stock without overspecifying. It means understanding the city's freeze-thaw cycles, the 700mm of annual rainfall driven by westerly Atlantic weather, and the conservation area rules that cover the New Town, Old Town, Marchmont, Morningside, Trinity, Portobello and 50+ other neighbourhoods. We've done it for ten years.
That experience shapes every quote we write. We know which slates and tiles last on Edinburgh roofs and which don't. We know when lime mortar is non-negotiable. We know which dormers leak from poor lead detailing rather than from the roof itself. And we know which roofs need a £350 repair instead of the full re-roof some contractors will quote.
Most roofing contractors in Edinburgh hire in cherry pickers and scaffolding and pass that cost straight to you. We own ours.
Faster start dates, no third-party delays, and jobs that typically cost £400–£800 less than quotes from contractors who don't own their own gear. The kind of saving that's hard to argue with.
Cherry picker and rope access reach any Edinburgh roof safely. Saves £400–800 on a typical residential job.
Weekends, bank holidays, we're here. No premium weekend call-out charges. Your project moves on your schedule.
Full photographic report before you commit. You see exactly what needs doing before a penny is spent.
Written workmanship guarantee issued on completion day. We stand behind our work long after the invoice is paid.
Three recent jobs from across the city: Slate, full re-roof and chimney work.
Stripped and re-slated a traditional pitched roof using natural slate, with new lead hip rolls and flashings dressed throughout. Existing rooflights retained and re-sealed for a clean, watertight finish.
Read case study →Full strip-off and re-roof of a traditional stone tenement, including the turret and flat-roof sections. Slate, leadwork, rooflights and chimney heads all addressed in one programme.
Read case study →Repaired and re-rendered a large shared chimney stack, with the existing terracotta pots retained and re-set. Stonework made good below the render line to protect the stack against weather.
Read case study →From first call to written guarantee, the process is the same on every job. Free, transparent, fixed-price.
Visit, inspect, photographic report within 24 hours. No charge, no commitment.
Written, itemised, fixed-price. Every line explained. No hidden extras.
On time, clean site, updates throughout. Most jobs done in a single day.
Photographic completion report, walkthrough & written guarantee same day.
We cover every part of Edinburgh's residential and commercial roofing market. From the Georgian terraces of the New Town to the Victorian tenements of Marchmont, Bruntsfield and Newington, the stone-built semis of Morningside and Stockbridge, the post-war housing stock of Corstorphine, Liberton, Gilmerton and everywhere in between.
Our standard service area covers Edinburgh city, Leith, Portobello, Penicuik, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. We can usually be on-site within 24 hours for a free survey, and we'll travel further into the Lothians for larger jobs. If you're unsure whether we cover your postcode, get in touch.
If your question isn't answered here, give us a call on 0131 203 3027. There's no charge for advice, and the survey itself is free.
See all FAQs →Tell us about your roof and we'll come out within 24 hours. No charge, no commitment, no pressure. You'll get a photographic survey and a fixed-price quote within a day.
Free survey, fixed-price quote, no pressure. We'll visit anywhere in Edinburgh or the Lothians within 24 hours.